phalanx
Example Sentences
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Afterwards, Gandhi presided over waves of civil disobedience protests, encouraging supporters of the Indian National Congress to manufacture contraband salt, boycott foreign goods, and face down phalanxes of lathi-wielding policemen.
From BBC
Stepping up to the LPGA, complete with a deep gallery of onlookers and a phalanx of Secret Service agents surrounding her, could have been daunting.
From Los Angeles Times
It turns out that if you send in phalanxes of largely masked federal agents to bully and intimidate people in American cities, Americans tend not to take kindly to it.
From Los Angeles Times
The company equipped him with state-of-the-art shoes and a phalanx of pace-setting runners tagging in and out to escort him on his way.
A phalanx of left-wing experts led by Biden campaign adviser Ezekiel Emanuel then wrote an open letter urging Dr. Bourla to collect more data, which would ensure results weren’t reported until after the election.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
